Welcome back everyone! As we begin this next school year, we wanted to create an episode in which you could steep yourself in inspiring ideas. We have had so many rich conversations with great minds that we wanted to pull out moments of wisdom and group them together to give us all ways to reflect upon some of the most important aspects in learning and leading for student and staff success. I am not even going to say leading in Education, specifically, because anyone who has studied leadership knows that these key components are what leaders in all sectors try to focus on.

Now, we have pulled together these pieces and curated a two-part episode which will let you hear from local, national and International leaders in various roles, talk about what they believe in and do, to make schools these rich, connected communities that are places of joyful and deep learning for the students AND the staff.

Part two, which will come out in the next few weeks, has reflections on family engagement, planning for sustainable change, serving our kids, well-being and what we are calling: the necessary mess.